Bonnie Tyler

Welsh singer (1951–2026)

  • Audience2.7M
  • Fame86.5
  • Momentum10.0
Source-basedFalling
2.7M youtube followers
  • Audience2.7M
  • Fame86.5
  • Momentum10.0
  • Global rank#163
  • United Kingdom rank#18
  • Musicians rank#40
Lived 1951–2026, aged 75United Kingdom
United Kingdom flagUnited KingdomMusiciansSinger / Musician
  • Biggest on YouTube
    2.7M
    @@bonnietylerofficial
  • Wikipedia
    63 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Global rank
    #163
    Fame.am leaderboard
  • Era
    1951–2026
    Aged 75
  • Known for
    Andrew Lloyd Webber: T…
    1998
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

That husky rasp turned a Jim Steinman power ballad into one of the biggest singles ever recorded. 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' made her inescapable in 1983, and the voice—rough, enormous, built for arena drama—has kept her working across four decades.

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Gaynor Hopkins was born in Wales on 8 June 1951 and broke through in 1977 with 'It's a Heartache,' which hit number three in the US and number four in the UK. The 1980s brought a hard pivot into rock when Jim Steinman handed her 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'—the lead single from her 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night, which topped the UK charts—and then 'Holding Out for a Hero.' She found a second wind in Europe during the '90s with producer Dieter Bohlen, scored a French number one in 2003 with a bilingual re-recording of 'Total Eclipse,' and represented the UK at Eurovision in 2013. Th…

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Fame
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86.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum10.0
Historical51.3
Now attention26.7
Source confidence100.0
Completeness90.0
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